AG, Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co., and Google, saying the state’s approach “could greatly delay the benefits that self-driving vehicles can bring to safety and mobility for individuals,” said David Strickland, who heads the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets that includes Google, Ford, Lyft, Uber Technologies Inc. and Volvo Car Group.

Connecting toOpportunity Vehicle cloud connectivity is also something to

watch. It will tell whomever needs to know where you are driving, how you are driving, how systems are working while you are driving, tires sensors etc., data seamlessly going to manufacturer, back to driver, and really to whomever needs or wants the information. “General Motors are the pioneers on vehicle tele-

matics with ‘OnStar’ and telematics offers significant opportunities for new business models to emerge, including for auto recyclers,” says Arfi. “For insurance companies, for instance, it is driving ‘use-based’ insur- ance policies.Whatis important to the automotive recy- cler is the opportunity they have foreseeing the impact of these advanced systems on need and usage of parts. In fact, Solera is releasing a white paper soon on it.”

The opportunity to make money in automotive recycling will be in increasing part’s value and in num- bers of parts needed per repair driven by increasing vehicle complexity, Arfi suggests. “Complexity of vehi- cles and value of components is going to be much higher. The number of programmable units, sensors, controllers, cameras etc. in a vehicle is increasing.The overall number of parts on a vehicle, is rapidly multi- plying. While collisions will decrease, an accident can result in larger cost repairs based on part value and custom programming on parts. So far, we have not seen a need for parts decrease.” “Recyclers will need to evolve with the technology,” says Arfi. “More electronics are showing up at recy- clers facilities, and will show up at higher rates tomorrow. Auto recyclers need to invest in training and technology to identify which parts to remove, store and sell, successfully. These electronic part cat- egories will be more susceptible to heat, dust, static, and water damage.” “If you look at a front bumper cover from a Jeep Grand Cherokee from 2010 and one today, they are not so visually different, but very different in part complexity. You will need to understand what to dis-

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